Singapore stocks open muted on Thursday

$FTSE Singapore Straits Time Index(.STI.SG)$ lost 4.21 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 3,257.8.

$Seatrium(S51.SG)$ was the most traded stock by volume on Thursday morning, with 17.4 million shares changing hands, although its share price remained unchanged at S$0.13.

Index counter $Singtel(Z74.SG)$ was also actively traded in terms of both volume and value, rising S$0.02 or 0.8 per cent to S$2.59.

A day after the controlling Ong family revised its privatisation deal for $Lian Beng(L03.SG)$ , the counter rose S$0.03 or 4.6 per cent to match the raised offer price of S$0.68 per share in early trade.

$Dow Jones Industrial Average(.DJI.US)$ ended down 0.8 per cent at 33,414.24, the $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US)$ was down 0.7 per cent to 4,090.75, and the $Nasdaq Composite Index(.IXIC.US)$ was 0.5 per cent lower at 12,025.33.